Is this sentence correct ?

[elzouain6749]

Anata tachi wa asoko iku desu.

[ericf]

Nearly! iku is the verb to go, for which the polite non-past form is ikimasu, not iku desu. And you need the ni particle to show the direction of the action - it's a bit like the difference in english between "you'll go there" and "you'll go to there". So:

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あなた　たち　は　あそこ　に　いきます。
anata tachi wa asoko ni ikimasu.

[elzouain6749]

Thank you for the correction.

[natsukoy9313]

ericf-san,
Perfect answer! Thank you very much!

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

[kaloncharm2333]

it looks ok to me

[asapovk5526]

I think there must be "he" instead of "ni", because "he" means the direction of movement, but "ni" means placement of action in most cases.

[mmmason8967]

I think there must be "he" instead of "ni", because "he" means the direction of movement, but "ni" means placement of action in most cases.

You're right about e marking the destination and so could be used here. But ni has lots of meanings, including marking a destination or a purpose. As I understand it, ni and e are interchangeable as long as we're talking about a place.

For example, you can say either Hiroshima e ikimasu or Horoshima ni ikimasu because Hiroshima is a place, but you if you're talking about, say, shopping you can only say kaimono ni ikimasu because shopping isn't a place (it's an activity or a purpose).

マイケル

[team.relationships]

Yes, マイケルsan is correct about "ni" and "e" mentioning directions
Well done!

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com